Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic Socialists
A survey at the end of July found 34% of respondents described themselves as MAGA, compared with 29% for the Democratic Socialists of America
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Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic Socialists
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What this story says
- A poll by The Center Square found 34% of North Carolinians surveyed in late July identified as MAGA, compared with 29% who identified as Democratic Socialists of America.
- The survey results were published by 13 outlets, including two left-rated, four centre-rated, and six right-rated publications.
- All reports carried the same figures, but the left-rated digests led on the Democratic Socialists of America result, while the right-rated digests led on the MAGA figure.
- No outlet disputed the poll’s methodology or the figures it produced.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
52/100
Craft
52/100
Hype
15/100
13 sources · methodology
A survey conducted by The Center Square at the end of July found that 34% of North Carolinians described themselves as MAGA, while 29% identified as Democratic Socialists of America. The poll was reported by 13 outlets, all of which carried the same figures and attributed them to the same source.
The poll asked respondents to identify their alignment with either movement. The results showed a five-point gap between the two groups. No outlet reported a margin of error or the total number of respondents surveyed.
What the coverage left out
None of the digests below mentioned the margin of error for the poll, the total number of respondents surveyed, or the specific wording of the question asked. The left-rated digests did not lead on the MAGA figure, while the right-rated digests did not lead on the Democratic Socialists of America result.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 21 Aug 2026, 02:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
- The two left-rated digests, from El Paso Inc. and ashepostandtimes.com, both led with the Democratic Socialists of America figure. Neither digest mentioned the MAGA result in its opening line. The reports framed the survey as a comparison between the two groups, but neither added context or analysis beyond the figures themselves.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The four centre-rated digests, from thepress.net, Floyd Chronicle & Times, NE Iowa Publishing, and Your Alaska Link, presented the figures neutrally. Each digest stated both percentages in its opening sentence, without leading on either group. The reports did not include additional commentary or framing.
Right
6 rated outlets
- The six right-rated digests, from ussanews.com, The Herald Palladium, Webster County Citizen, Chronicle-Tribune, Shelby News, and The Messenger, all led with the MAGA figure. Each digest placed the 34% result first in its opening sentence. None of the digests omitted the Democratic Socialists of America figure, but it was consistently presented second.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic…?
- Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 50% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic… left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 12 rated outlets on this story, 17% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 50% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic… biased?
- Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic Socialists is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Poll: More North Carolinians identify as MAGA than as Democratic…?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did the North Carolina poll find?
- The poll, conducted by The Center Square at the end of July, found that 34% of North Carolinians surveyed identified as MAGA, while 29% identified as Democratic Socialists of America. The results were reported by 13 outlets, all of which carried the same figures.
- Which outlets reported the poll results?
- The poll was reported by 13 outlets, including two left-rated (El Paso Inc. and ashepostandtimes.com), four centre-rated (thepress.net, Floyd Chronicle & Times, NE Iowa Publishing, and Your Alaska Link), and six right-rated (ussanews.com, The Herald Palladium, Webster County Citizen, Chronicle-Tribune, Shelby News, and The Messenger).
- Did the outlets disagree on the poll results?
- No outlet disputed the poll’s figures or methodology. All 13 reports carried the same percentages: 34% for MAGA and 29% for Democratic Socialists of America. The differences lay in which figure each outlet led with in its digest.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens ashepostandtimes.com in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens El Paso Inc. in a new tab)
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Centre
4- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens Your Alaska Link in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens NE Iowa Publishing in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens Floyd Chronicle & Times in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens thepress.net in a new tab)
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Right
6- North Carolina poll: 34% identify as MAGA, 29% as Democratic Socialists of America (opens ussanews.com in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens The Messenger in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens Shelby News in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens Chronicle-Tribune in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens Webster County Citizen in a new tab)
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- Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29% (opens The Herald Palladium in a new tab)
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